Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [is] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest method of doing this is to remove the lid of the cistern ( if it has one ) , laying a length of wood across the cistern and tying a piece of string to the ballvalve arm so that it is held closed . |
| 2 | Only if it is made strange or different do we see it for what it really is . |
| 3 | Only after it is decided that company collection agencies are unsuitable for the job should outside agencies be contracted to fill in the gaps . |
| 4 | There is the special delight Britons have in gossip , especially when it is hinted that politics are spiced with sex . |
| 5 | The Council was clearly implying that ( as Newman saw ) Scripture itself works sacramentally , especially when it is made actual by effective reading and preaching in the liturgy . |
| 6 | ‘ That form of music definitely works best when it is kept simple , which does n't , of course , mean that it 's easy to do ; being inventive within a restricted format is one of the hardest things to do . |
| 7 | The voluntary bodies must be consulted in a rather more positive fashion than the very flimsy effort so far produced by the Scottish Development Department and the Government must now throw the baby out with the bath water and greatly weaken our statutory conservation agency just when it is needed most . |
| 8 | The short duration of the contracts on offer is considered unrealistic and Jim Halliday , chairman of the BWEA , believes Britain 's renewable energy programme could be halted " just when it is needed most " since the NFFO is threatened with termination in 1998 . |
| 9 | As soon as it 's stopped steaming , put it in the ‘ fridge . |
| 10 | To implement the Children 's Traffic Club as soon as it is made available for use by General Accident . |
| 11 | 4.1.1 the date of expiry of three ( 3 ) months ' written notice to terminate given by either party to the other , provided always that it is understood that notice shall not be given under this clause 4.1.1 before the expiry of two ( 2 ) years commencing on the date of this Agreement , |
| 12 | There clubs closed at 1am and it is understood local police liaised with managers before Saturday . |
| 13 | What we mean by this is whether a syntactic analysis is carried out even when it is rendered unnecessary for sentence comprehension by the presence of semantic or pragmatic factors . |
| 14 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |